systemd.timer — systemd timer configuration files
systemd.timer
A unit configuration file whose name ends in
                .timer encodes information about
                a timer controlled and supervised by systemd, for
                timer-based activation.
This man page lists the configuration options specific to this unit type. See systemd.unit(5) for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The timer specific configuration options are configured in the [Timer] section.
For each timer file, a matching unit file must
                exist, describing the unit to activate when the timer
                elapses. By default, a service by the same name as the
                timer (except for the suffix) is activated. Example: a
                timer file foo.timer activates a
                matching service foo.service. The
                unit to activate may be controlled by
                Unit= (see below).
Unless DefaultDependencies=
                is set to false, timer units will
                implicitly have dependencies of type
                Conflicts= and
                Before= on
                shutdown.target. These ensure
                that timer units are stopped cleanly prior to system
                shutdown. Only timer units involved with early boot or
                late system shutdown should disable this
                option.
Timer files must include a [Timer] section, which carries information about the timer it defines. The options specific to the [Timer] section of timer units are the following:
OnActiveSec=, OnBootSec=, OnStartupSec=, OnUnitActiveSec=, OnUnitInactiveSec=Defines timers
                                relative to different starting points:
                                OnActiveSec= defines a
                                timer relative to the moment the timer
                                itself is
                                activated. OnBootSec=
                                defines a timer relative to when the
                                machine was booted
                                up. OnStartupSec=
                                defines a timer relative to when
                                systemd was
                                started. OnUnitActiveSec=
                                defines a timer relative to when the
                                unit the timer is activating was last
                                activated. OnUnitInactiveSec=
                                defines a timer relative to when the
                                unit the timer is activating was last
                                deactivated.
Multiple directives may be
                                combined of the same and of different
                                types. For example, by combining
                                OnBootSec= and
                                OnUnitActiveSec= it is
                                possible to define a timer that
                                elapses in regular intervals and
                                activates a specific service each
                                time.
The arguments to the directives are time spans configured in seconds. Example: "OnBootSec=50" means 50s after boot-up. The argument may also include time units. Example: "OnBootSec=5h 30min" means 5 hours and 30 minutes after boot-up. For details about the syntax of time spans see systemd.unit(5).
If a timer configured with
                                OnBootSec= or
                                OnStartupSec= is
                                already in the past when the timer
                                unit is activated, it will immediately
                                elapse and the configured unit is
                                started. This is not the case for
                                timers defined in the other
                                directives.
Unit=The unit to activate
                                when this timer elapses. The argument is a
                                unit name, whose suffix is not
                                .timer. If not
                                specified, this value defaults to a
                                service that has the same name as the
                                timer unit, except for the
                                suffix. (See above.) It is recommended
                                that the unit name that is activated
                                and the unit name of the timer unit
                                are named identically, except for the
                                suffix.